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Prov. 6:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination γunto him:

of his soul.

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Prov. 8:13• ¹³The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil:{HR}Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,{HR}And the froward mouth do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)

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Prov. 30:18,21,24,29• ¹⁸{i}There are three [things] too wonderful for me,{HR}And four that I know not:{HR}{/i}
²¹{i}Under three [things] the earth is disquieted,{HR}And under four it cannot bear up:{HR}{/i}
²⁴{i}There are four [things] little upon the earth,{HR}And they are exceeding wise:{HR}{/i}
²⁹{i}There are three [things] which have a stately step,{HR}And four are comely in going:{HR}{/i} (Prov. 30:18,21,24,29)

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Amos 1:3,6,9,11• ³{i}Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke my sentence, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.{/i}
⁶{i}Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gazah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom.{/i}
⁹Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
¹¹Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever: (Amos 1:3,6,9,11)

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Amos 2:1,4,6• ¹Thus saith Jehovah; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
⁴{i}Thus saith Jehovah:{/i} For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn back; {i}because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.{/i}
⁶{i}Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;{/i} (Amos 2:1,4,6)

an.

Prov. 3:32• ³²For the perverse [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But his secret [is] with the upright. (Prov. 3:32)

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Prov. 11:1,20• ¹A false balance [is] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But a just weight his delight.
²⁰The perverse in heart [are] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But the upright in way [are] his delight. (Prov. 11:1,20)

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Prov. 15:8‑9• ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
⁹The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But him that pursueth righteousness he loveth. (Prov. 15:8‑9)

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Prov. 17:15• ¹⁵He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,{HR}Even they both are abomination to Jehovah, (Prov. 17:15)

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Prov. 20:10,23• ¹⁰Divers weights, divers measures,{HR}Both of them [are] alike abomination to Jehovah.
²³Divers weights [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}And a false balance [is] not good. (Prov. 20:10,23)

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Deut. 18:10‑12• ¹⁰{i}There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,{/i}
¹¹{i}or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead{/i}.
¹²For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee. (Deut. 18:10‑12)

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Deut. 23:18• ¹⁸{i}Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 23:18)

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Deut. 24:4• ⁴{i}her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for it is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.{/i} (Deut. 24:4)

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Deut. 25:16• ¹⁶{i}For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 25:16)

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Rev. 21:27• ²⁷And there shall in no wise enter into it anything common, and {i}one{/i} practicing abomination and a lie; but those that are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:27)

unto him.

Heb. of his soul.

Psa. 11:5• ⁵Jehovah proveth the righteous [man];{HR}And the wicked [man]{HR}And him who loveth violence his soul hateth. (Psa. 11:5)

• Six he hates in addition to the one already noticed. It is put in as though the worst of them all. (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto himl:

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "of his soul."

W. Kelly Translation

Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul: